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ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.comThu, 24 May 2018 20:01:58 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: kstreetdawghttps://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/25/nfl-statement-on-final-play-of-green-bay-packers-seattle-seahawks-game/#comment-2032921
Sun, 30 Sep 2012 05:15:58 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1316864#comment-2032921frenzy95 says:
Sep 25, 2012 3:33 PM
chrisbntx says: Sep 25, 2012 3:21 PM
I know I’m in the minority but after watching several times both guys came down with the ball. Jennings had it in the air but when they came down both guys had two hands on the ball for several seconds. It wasn’t until after the TD signal was made that Jennings pulled one of Tate’s hands off. In my mind it seems like possesion was 70/30 or 80/20 but by rule that doesn’t matter. It was a touchdown.

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You must be a homer cause at NO POINT did Tate have 70 or 80% of that ball. Jennings caught it, Jennings brought it to his chest. One of tates arms is clearly under Jennings the other on top of Jennings arms. Gheesh!

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You sir are an idiot. The commenter was conceding the fact that Jennings had ‘more’ possession. However, ‘more’ possession doesn’t rule out simultaneous possession. And one of Tate’s hands is on the ball while one of Jennings is over Tate’s hand. Honestly, only an easily influenced moron would think this play wasn’t arguably simultaneous possession. At no point did Tate lose contact of the ball with his left hand. You can disagree that he had control, but to follow suit with the awful ESPN coverage, is idiotic. You have proven that with your comment that you are one who embraces the idiocy.

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Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:59:09 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1316864#comment-2025309Its wasn’t a question of who possessed the ball it was a matter of simultaneous catch and the ball was first caught by MD Jennings then Golden tate gained jointed possession on the ground and by rule it is a interception you ignorant fools!! And further more no one knows what they were looking at under the hood, no explanation of the play was given just ruled a touchdown. Neither possession of the ball or simultaneous catch were discussed just show a complete lack of ignorance of the rule by the replacement refs.
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Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:55:50 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1316864#comment-2023731Get over it Green Bay. Aaron Rogers did not come to play Monday night and the Packers lost the game because he did not show for the first half. Everyone seems to forget the whoop-ass that Seattle put on Tony Romo and the Cowboys the week before. I would not want to be the Rams next week because I think the Seahawks will feel they have something to prove.
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:32:49 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1316864#comment-2022779As an NFL fan, this is really spineless and sickening.

As a Vikings fan (who reads plenty of anti-Vikings drivel on this site), I could read these comments and enjoy them ALL DAY (pun intended).

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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:33:03 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1316864#comment-2022479chrisbntx says: Sep 25, 2012 3:21 PM
I know I’m in the minority but after watching several times both guys came down with the ball. Jennings had it in the air but when they came down both guys had two hands on the ball for several seconds. It wasn’t until after the TD signal was made that Jennings pulled one of Tate’s hands off. In my mind it seems like possesion was 70/30 or 80/20 but by rule that doesn’t matter. It was a touchdown.

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You must be a homer cause at NO POINT did Tate have 70 or 80% of that ball. Jennings caught it, Jennings brought it to his chest. One of tates arms is clearly under Jennings the other on top of Jennings arms. Gheesh!

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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:21:46 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1316864#comment-2022445I know I’m in the minority but after watching several times both guys came down with the ball. Jennings had it in the air but when they came down both guys had two hands on the ball for several seconds. It wasn’t until after the TD signal was made that Jennings pulled one of Tate’s hands off. In my mind it seems like possesion was 70/30 or 80/20 but by rule that doesn’t matter. It was a touchdown.
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:05:26 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1316864#comment-2022378The NFL has only compounded their embarrassment with this absurd statement.

I know people that are dropping NFL ticket and doing anything else in whatever little way to vote with their dollars.

Otherwise, nothing will change.

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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:53:45 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1316864#comment-2022318I don’t understand what all the hubbub is about. Green Bay lost. Everyone should be happy. I know I am.
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:53:24 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1316864#comment-2022316Not a fan of either team but I will offer this….In nearly 50 years of watching NFL football, I’ve never seen simultaneous possession occur when one player is grasping the ball from BEHIND the other player. Whew!!
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:42:38 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1316864#comment-2022255Not trying to defend the NFL here but people soon forget that regular refs make terrible calls all the time as well. Heck while we are talking about the Seahawks the biggest reason instant replay was brought back is because they lost a game that could of put them into the playoffs due to a horrible call on the one yard line against the Jets they ruled a fourth down run by Testiverde was a touchdown which with replay clearly showed that the ball never came close to breaking the plain only his helmet, and that was with the regular refs. I would bet that when the regular refs return they will make even more bad call because they are rusty, human error is enevitable. The only thing I place blame on the NFL is don’t act like it didn’t happen. However, bad calls have happened in the past, they will continue to happen, and will happen in the future. It is what it is, we just have to move on.
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:16:43 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1316864#comment-2022083They are contradicting their own rule book; in every sentence they cite, the operative word is “handS” with an ‘S’, not hand (singular). The Seahawks receiver only ever had a single hand on the ball, while the GB defender had both hands on it. By their own definition, what the Seahawks receiver was doing was NOT a ‘catch’!
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:15:45 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1316864#comment-2022081This NFL statement is actually more insulting to the game than the actual call.

They reference the rules to justify the call but do not actually apply them:

“It is not a simultaneous catch if a player gains control first and an opponent subsequently gains joint control”

Apparently that part of the rule book didn’t apply here. The video replay clearly shows that Tate didn’t have control of the ball as he fell by the simply fact that he, at one point, was only touching it with one hand while Jennings was holding it to his chest. Tate only grabbed the ball after Jennings fell on him. Jennings clearly had control first and his opponent subsequently claimed joint control. Their “NFL Officiating Department” didn’t see this? This is the very example to why this rule was written and the NFL ignored it for the sake of damage control.

Just pathetic.

The emperor has no clothes.

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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:12:16 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1316864#comment-2022052With its ruling today, the NFL has forever redefined the term “fantasy football.”
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:03:33 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1316864#comment-2021980NFL is the master of deception. They put the simultaneous catch rule after the definition of a catch to confuse people. Their statement said “It is not a simultaneous catch if a player gains control first and an opponent subsequently gains joint control.” That’s exactly what happened.
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:41:05 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1316864#comment-2021880The million-dollar question is: at which point in time must both players have the ball for it to be deemed a “simultaneous catch”? And the answer is contained above in the definition of what a catch is. There is no catch until feet are on the ground – so it is at that EXACT point in time, when feet hit the ground, when you need to look to see who has their hands on the ball (not when they are in the air, and not when they are on the pile). TOUCHDOWN!!!
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:26:31 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1316864#comment-2021805Not good enough NFL
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:02:08 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1316864#comment-2021706Doesn’t matter. People are still going to watch on t.v., go to games, and buy merchandise. If you truly pissed stop lining the billionaire owner’s pockets with more money. Stop being sheep and start hurting their profits. Because whining about it on the internet and sports talk radio falls upon deaf ears.
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:59:44 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1316864#comment-2021691Jennings clearly had control first, and by the rule stated here, there was no simultaneous catch. In an interview in the locker room Tate even said that Jennings “caught the ball first, but that [he] took it away from him.” Well Tate, if that was the case, then you just admitted there was no simultaneous catch yourself, because it’s obvious you never took it away. This is just PR from the NFL, that won’t budge until it hits them where it hurts — monetarily. They don’t care about the fans, the players (or their safety), or the integrity of their product when it comes to money. If somehow a protest of the Thursday night game were organized to get the real officials back, I’d totally do it. It’s the only way the NFL and the owners will care about this issue. Sad, but true.
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:50:54 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1316864#comment-2021633It is not a simultaneous catch if a player gains control first and an opponent subsequently gains joint control.
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:49:43 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1316864#comment-2021623The Packers got Jobbed! No other way around it really. Russel Wilson is the first QB in the History of the NFL to throw a time expired interception to lead his team to?victory? No more scabs!
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:47:07 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1316864#comment-2021601What a load of complete and utter garbage. This “statement” just feels like there’s an undertone of “we’re still supporting the replacement referees.”

Disgraceful for the league and the game. And this from a Bears fan. Disgusting.

All I would want to see is him coming out and saying they screwed up and the wrong team won..

Im not asking for them to over turn the win, just hold a little bit of accountability and move on..

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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:44:34 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1316864#comment-2021573Suck it up GB and move on. The rest of the league does! The special treatment has come to an end for you!
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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:43:16 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1316864#comment-2021549As I’ve said all along. Possession cannot be determined until the play is completed. Regardless of who “had” the ball in mid-air, by the time they were on the ground, it was a simultaneous possession. TOUCHDOWN SEAHAWKS!!!!!

Maybe the NFL would like to weigh in the bogus PI call on Browner that helped the Packers to their fake lead in the 1st place…. nah!!!!